African Dances and Drums #maganda #Africa #AfricanCulture #InsideAfrica #AfricanLife

Added: 2026-05-05

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[00:26:57]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hi everyone. Hi everyone who's watching.

[00:34:25]>> [music] >> Thank you for being here. Please share, subscribe, >> [music] >> comment, and like.

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[00:34:39]This is Sanyu Cultural Troupe, a Ugandan-based troupe.

[00:34:45]What you're watching >> [music] >> is the Kiganda traditional dance.

[00:34:52]It's a practice session.

[00:34:59]>> [music] >> Uh to tell you about uh our geographical location, we are from Africa.

[00:35:10]Definitely, we are from Africa. You can watch the environment. You can see the animals in the background.

[00:35:17]There we go.

[00:35:19]You can see the cats. You can see that rare bird.

[00:35:24]Let's call it a marabou stork.

[00:35:26]Back there. It's a big bird.

[00:35:30]It's a big bird back there. I hope you can see it.

[00:35:35]We have some goats living alongside people. You can see some cats up on the fence.

[00:35:44]There is one on the roof up there.

[00:35:48]Yeah, so this is Africa.

[00:35:51]>> [laughter] >> And we come from the eastern part of Africa, which is called East Africa.

[00:35:59]We are from Uganda, from a kingdom called Buganda. We are the Baganda people who speak the Luganda language.

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[00:36:21]These are the King's dancers and performers.

[00:36:25]King's drummers, dancers. As a group, they're called the King's Performers.

[00:36:30]They usually perform in the royal ceremonies here in the country.

[00:36:37]Currently, it's a practice session.

[00:36:42]Hope you enjoyed.

[00:36:44]>> [music] >> These are the dancers.

[00:36:50]They are the people who perform for the King of Uganda.

[00:36:55]>> [music] >> Hope you can see the smiles.

[00:37:03]>> [music] >> It's such a collaborative dance that you have to be using a pattern.

[00:37:12]You have to mind your footsteps.

[00:37:15]>> [music] >> And uh they use a lot of gadgets, a lot of different gadgets.

[00:37:20]>> [music] >> As we continue, you get to see some goat hides, very beautiful goat hides that they use during this dance. [music] They they are mainly focused on the footwork.

[00:37:36]You have [music] to mind your steps.

[00:37:40]I hope you can see how they step [music] on the beat.

[00:37:43]Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba >> [music] >> Hey.

[00:37:56]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> And the group start getting bigger.

[00:38:22]Two more have just joined, and we expect more to come.

[00:38:25]>> [music] >> Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba What's fun about this dance is that uh it doesn't discriminate. It doesn't care about the gender. It doesn't care about the height or weight.

[00:38:43]>> [music] >> Just come together and do what you have to do.

[00:38:48]Today, we said we are focusing on the footwork.

[00:38:52]>> [music] >> You can see how they step on the beat.

[00:38:55]Ba ba ba ba ba ba all together at once.

[00:39:00]>> [music] >> That little guy you're seeing with a huge smile is the one who trains.

[00:39:09]He's the trainer. He's the instructor.

[00:39:12]>> [music] >> Those are the drummers. I'll be telling you more about the instruments, what they're made out of, what their importance is uh but from the entertainment, >> [music] >> they have other importances.

[00:39:30]>> [music] >> Don't forget to hit thumbs up button.

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[00:39:49]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> This is the Kiganda dance.

[00:41:10]Being performed by the King's performers.

[00:41:14]It's a large group called Sunny Culture Troupe.

[00:41:16]>> [music] >> And uh in case you need us for business, >> [music] >> don't hesitate. Just contact us through our social medias here.

[00:41:28]>> [music] >> You can go and check out our TikTok.

[00:41:34]We are currently live on TikTok as well as Sunny Culture.

[00:41:39]And contact us via YouTube.

[00:41:42]>> [music] >> African Life.

[00:41:49]Perform at all ceremonies.

[00:41:52]Perform >> [music] >> for people of different calibers.

[00:42:02]You have a get-together party, you have a wedding, expecting guests, you'd like to entertain them, you are a hotel owner, you have a resort, you have a beach, [music] have a carnival, just contact us.

[00:42:25]We can come and perform for you so that you can [music] entertain your people.

[00:42:29]This is Sunny Culture Troupe.

[00:42:32]>> [music] >> Located in Uganda.

[00:42:35]So, we can travel abroad as well.

[00:42:39]We already have some of our members out in China.

[00:42:44]>> [music] >> They went to perform.

[00:42:49]And we won't be seeing them for about 6 months.

[00:42:53]Some of them are gone for 6 months, others are will be going for a year.

[00:42:57]>> [music] >> All performing performing at different places, parks, leisure parks, children's parks.

[00:43:17]China, different parts of the world. We have some in the US.

[00:43:23]And we still have some who are going to travel to Europe anytime soon.

[00:43:28]This is still going on.

[00:43:30]So, >> [music] >> feel free to come and join in case you want to join, you can come and check us out. You can come and practice with us.

[00:43:42]It's free.

[00:43:44]It's a community-based thing.

[00:43:46]You don't have to pay even a single coin.

[00:43:50]And what's fun is uh once you get to perform on a certain function, we'll give you the allowance.

[00:44:00]It's not a free thing that uh only practice for fitness. No, still you can earn something out of it.

[00:44:08]Could be that much, but the benefits are really much.

[00:44:13]The stamina, the fitness.

[00:44:18]Yes, we don't care about your weight, your height, your gender, your size.

[00:44:23]It doesn't care about that.

[00:44:25]Just come together to enjoy.

[00:44:32]Dancers of different ages all here with us.

[00:44:42]Since it's school time, a lot of the kids are still at school.

[00:44:48]But during the holidays, you'll be seeing a lot of kids around here.

[00:44:52]All here to practice.

[00:44:54]>> [music] >> Thank you those who are giving us the [music] thumbs up.

[00:45:02]Thank you for those who are sharing us, for those who are hitting the like button. [music] And in case you have any questions, please don't hesitate. Just go to the comment section there, leave [music] your question, and I'll be giving you the answers.

[00:45:19]>> [music] [music] >> As I said, we are from Africa, from a country called Uganda.

[00:45:32]We are the Baganda people. Though we perform a lot of different dances, but we are located in the central part of Uganda, which is Buganda Kingdom.

[00:45:42]>> [music] >> We do perform a lot of different dances of different and different cultures around the world, not just African cultures.

[00:45:53]We are the Bantu people still.

[00:45:56]The people of South Africa, the people of Tanzania, the people of Kenya, people of uh North Africa, they do understand when I say what Bantu means. We are a very large group of people who speak a common language with a common suffix of -ntu.

[00:46:16]>> [music] >> That is what makes us united.

[00:46:20]In Africa, we are one people.

[00:46:25]All these people you're seeing here come from different cultures.

[00:46:29]They're not all Baganda, though they're performing the Ganda dance right now.

[00:46:37]Once in a while, you'll be seeing people performing dances >> [music] >> of different tribes, of different cultures.

[00:46:48]>> [music] >> This is a very cool session.

[00:46:55]It's a nice thing to do when you want to keep fit as practice.

[00:47:02]You learn a skill. This is a skill, and it's a highly paying skill.

[00:47:08]These are artists, they're performing artists right now.

[00:47:13]>> [music] >> And they're performing in the process of practicing, trying to become perfect.

[00:47:21]>> [music] [music] >> These are the Baganda people. It's the Ganda dance.

[00:47:32]So, we are having a lot of tribes currently performing.

[00:47:36]>> [music] >> These are the Baganda people from the Buganda Kingdom ruled by the Kabaka, one of the strongest and still standing kingdoms.

[00:47:45]>> [music] >> It's one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, not just in Africa, but in the world.

[00:47:51]Buganda Kingdom is one of those kingdoms that was centralized from the beginning.

[00:47:58]We had a centralized system of leadership.

[00:48:02]We have a monarchy who is called the Kabaka.

[00:48:05]Though some people out there call him the King of Buganda, but here we don't call him King.

[00:48:11]Kabaka is a very different title.

[00:48:14]It doesn't mean King.

[00:48:16]It's a stand-alone word. Kabaka is the Kabaka. He is the monarchy of Buganda, the leader of the Baganda people.

[00:48:28]>> [music] >> Don't forget to hit the thumbs up button. Don't forget to share and subscribe, guys.

[00:48:34]Show us some love. This is Sunny Culture Troupe performing.

[00:48:37]It's a practice session.

[00:48:39]You can see the trainer up there in orange. It's [music] that tall guy, that tall handsome guy in red pants.

[00:48:48]Thank you for being with us.

[00:48:50]In case you have any questions, please go to the comment section. [music] Type whatever you may wish to know.

[00:48:56]We come from Eastern part of >> [music] >> Africa, from a country called Uganda.

[00:49:04]Please, I would like to know where you're coming from. Please come to the comment section and tell us.

[00:49:08]>> [music] >> Thank you. Thank you. That was the trainer.

[00:49:14]>> [music] [music] >> That handsome man there, he's trying to say that he's tough, but he's a very funny guy.

[00:49:29]A very friendly and loving guy. Very caring.

[00:49:33]>> [music] [music] >> Those are the drums.

[00:49:46]We have different types of drums.

[00:49:49]You can see two large drums, two large brown drums, and then the two small ones being played with sticks.

[00:49:58]Those ones are the same make.

[00:50:00]All made from cow hides.

[00:50:03]>> [music] >> And there's a the long one. I don't know if you get the chance to see later.

[00:50:11]It's made from a skin of a >> [music] >> Nile monitor.

[00:50:18]One of the largest lizards in the country.

[00:50:23]Then we have the calabashes.

[00:50:26]Back there you see that guy shaking them.

[00:50:28]>> [music] >> They make a very good sound.

[00:50:31]And once they miss out, you always notice that the calabashes are missing.

[00:50:36]Those ones right there.

[00:50:48]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> This is Africa. I hope you can see the birds. You can see the rooster back [music] there. There's [singing] some hens.

[00:55:16]Alongside people.

[00:55:19]We have some goats. We have a cow.

[00:55:23]Just behind the person. Everyone is [music] minding their own business. This is Africa.

[00:55:28]Ah, it's a very peaceful land.

[00:55:32]We have some goats up there.

[00:55:34]>> [music] >> We have some goats down here.

[00:55:39]>> [music] >> Goats.

[00:55:45]Animals everywhere.

[00:55:47]>> [music] >> Living alongside people.

[00:55:53]We have a cow.

[00:55:56]>> [music] >> We have goats back there.

[00:55:59]We have that big bird.

[00:56:02]Call them a marabou stork.

[00:56:04]>> [music] [music] >> We have cats.

[00:56:16]>> [music] >> All in one place.

[00:56:19]That was the marabou stork.

[00:56:21]It's a very large [music] bird. I don't know if you can see it.

[00:56:25]Right there standing at us.

[00:56:27]>> [music] >> Stationary. It's like it doesn't move, but uh you can see it moving the head.

[00:56:37]All right, back to business.

[00:56:39]We are going to go through all the animals.

[00:56:42]>> [music] >> Now we come to the performers.

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[01:14:07]Who there?

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